First off, I hope the thread name made a few of you laugh.Lately, I've been really paranoid about the way I walk. People have frequently compared me to a duck/penguin over the years, but lately I've been more self conscious about it.I walk with my feet turned out. REALLY turned out. It's so noticeable! I also always look at the floor when I'm walking around, I don't know why, I've always done it. This causes me a few problems, such as constantly walking into things, such as poles, signs, the cute guy in 6th form, etc.The problem is, I can walk with my head up, but if I'm not watching the floor I tend to walk all over the place, I just can't keep in a straight path! The last time I tried walking whilst looking up, I ended up tripping off the pavement and falling onto a car that was driving past!

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ~ Marilyn Monroe

I've never had any comments on my walking and I have no trouble walking in a straight line which is why it was pointless when I had my dyspraxia assessment. My only problem is I do tend to look down at the pavement because I find I have to put in a lot of concentration, making sure I don't trip over something and because of this, I have smacked in signs and lampposts before which is rather embarrassing!

Although people did used to comment on me waving my arms up and down because I used to do that a lot whilst walking.

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ~ Marilyn Monroe

I was once walking to my lesson, and didn't realise that my feet were turning in. This happens frequently, but ever since I broke my leg, it happens more

Some guys were picking on me, pretending to do the walk in the video linked below. I said to them: "Ok, try walking to that lamppost and back using that walk, one by one."

So they did. The first one walked up and tripped over his shoelaces, and scraped his forehead on the gravel, grazing his face. The second one made it to the lamp post, tripped up and fell into the lamppost and landed on his bum and the third did it successfully. I then congratulated him and then said "Hey look, a bird!" He turned around, tripped over his own feet and landed on his bum, and gradually started to roll down a hill.

Feeling glad, I said "Not as funny when it happens to you, is it?". Then I got detention for bullying. SERIOUSLY?!?

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ~ Marilyn Monroe

boopidoop wrote:I was once walking to my lesson, and didn't realise that my feet were turning in. This happens frequently, but ever since I broke my leg, it happens more

Some guys were picking on me, pretending to do the walk in the video linked below. I said to them: "Ok, try walking to that lamppost and back using that walk, one by one."

So they did. The first one walked up and tripped over his shoelaces, and scraped his forehead on the gravel, grazing his face. The second one made it to the lamp post, tripped up and fell into the lamppost and landed on his bum and the third did it successfully. I then congratulated him and then said "Hey look, a bird!" He turned around, tripped over his own feet and landed on his bum, and gradually started to roll down a hill.

Feeling glad, I said "Not as funny when it happens to you, is it?". Then I got detention for bullying. SERIOUSLY?!?